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Fatal crash: Newbury Line, Bunnythorpe
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Bunnythorpe this morning. Police were called to the crash, involving a truck and...
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Book, New Edition – The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said
Source: Text Publishing Company (Australia) The groundbreaking account of the history of Palestine by one of the world’s most eloquent scholars of the Middle East Featuring a new foreword by Saree Makdisi...
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Education Governance – Principals Reject removal of Objectives for School Boards – NZ Principals Federation
Source: NZ Principals Federation Principals are urging the Government to retain all four core objectives in the Education and Training Act 2020, warning that proposed changes risk narrowing the purpose of...
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Police arrest senior Comanchero leader
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) The last of the Comanchero Motorcycle Gang leadership group not facing charges, is now facing court over two major investigations into drug importations. Police...
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Game-changing employment bill to tackle PGs passes first reading
Source: ACT Party ACT Small Business spokesperson Laura McClure is celebrating the first reading passage of her member’s bill, the Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment Bill. The...
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Release: Reserve Bank acts while Govt shrugs
Source: New Zealand Labour Party Nicola Willis continues to sit on her hands amid a global economic crisis, leaving the Reserve Bank to act for New Zealanders who are worried...
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Rise in dangerous dirt bike rider behaviour in Hamilton
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attribute to Senior Sergeant Scott McKenzie, Hamilton Area Manager; Youth and Community Police are noticing a rise in incidents involving people riding dirt bikes...
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Energy Sector – Extended support on the way during the Low Fixed Charge Tariff phase-out
Source: Electricity Retailers’ Association of New Zealand (ERANZ) The Electricity Retailers’ Association of New Zealand (ERANZ) and Electricity Networks Aotearoa (ENA) are pleased to announce that members from both organisations...
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Government Cuts – Cuts to fraud & audit jobs mean millions of health dollars overpaid or stolen will be lost – PSA
Source: PSA Underfunded frontline health services will be further impacted The ability of Health NZ to claw back millions of scarce health dollars lost to fraud and overpayment each year will...
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Supporting Kiwis with the costs of power
Source: New Zealand Government Energy Minister Simon Watts is welcoming an extension to the industry funded Power Credit Scheme which is supporting lower income Kiwis with the costs of power. The...
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Going For Growth: backing NZ wool producers
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is backing New Zealand sheep farmers and the wool industry with a change to government procurement rules, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis and Associate...
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Three gang members charged following Gang Conflict Warrant in Tairāwhiti
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Attribute to Tairāwhiti Area Commander Inspector Danny Kirk: Three gang members have been charged following a significant operation in Tairāwhiti. On Monday 24 March,...
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Reserve Bank Announcements – Recruitment of new External Member to the Monetary Policy Committee
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand 9 April 2025 – A public appointment process has started for a new external member of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Monetary Policy...
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Education – Principals Support NZEI’s Call for Learning Support Boost
Source: NZ Principals Federation The New Zealand Principals’ Federation (NZPF) supports the New Zealand Education Institute’s (NZEI) call for a $2.5billion investment in learning support services by 2030. “For years, Learning...
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Economy Commentary – Tariff uncertainty keeps OCR ‘downward bias’ in place – CoreLogic’s Kelvin Davidson
Source: CoreLogic – Commentary from Kelvin Davidson, Chief Property Economist at CoreLogic, soon to rebrand to Cotality As widely expected, the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut the official...
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Economy – OCR: 3.5% – Further reduction in OCR appropriate – Reserve Bank
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand 9 April 2025 – The Monetary Policy Committee today agreed to reduce the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 3.5 percent. Annual consumer...
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Man charged over Auckland burglaries
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Police have caught up with a burglar who broke into three homes, including one in which he was disturbed by the victim. Members of...
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Police catch up with alleged identity thief
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) A prolific fraudster faces dozens of charges after racking up over $100,000 in trade debt allegedly under someone else’s identity. The Auckland man has...
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Update: Further appeal in relation to missing man Thomas Basire
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Todd, Hutt Valley Area Investigations Manager: Hutt Valley Police are continuing to appeal for the public’s help to...
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Government restraint offers hope to firms, farms, and families
Source: ACT Party Responding to the Reserve Bank cutting the Official Cash Rate by 0.25 points, ACT Leader David Seymour says: “Spending restraint is paying off. The Reserve Bank has...
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Release: Property Law Amendment Bill pulled from ballot
Source: New Zealand Labour Party A Bill to protect first home buyers and others from bad faith property vendors has been drawn from the Member’s Ballot. “This simple Bill aims...
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Fatal crash, Horsham Downs + appeal for information
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Police can confirm one person died in hospital yesterday from injuries sustained in a crash at Horsham Downs last month. The single vehicle crash...
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Finance and Banking – ASB lowers variable rates for personal, business and rural customers
Source: ASB ASB is dropping variable interest rates across home lending, business and rural lending by 0.25%, following today’s decision by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to reduce the...
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OCR reduction affirms spending discipline
Source: New Zealand Government The reduction in the Official Cash Rate (OCR) affirms the work done by the Government to bring public spending back under control, Finance Minister Nicola Willis...
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Federated Farmers Says: Shear Brilliance: Government Backs Kiwi Wool!
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is welcoming the announcement that from 1 July all government agencies will be directed to use woollen products when building or refurbishing. “This is a clear...
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Universities – Global EV adoption fails to cut CO₂ – study – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) There’s little point in buying an electric vehicle if you’re charging it with electricity generated by fossil fuels. In fact, when it comes to carbon...
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Change forecast for Govt’s weather agencies
Source: New Zealand Government Merging the Government’s weather forecasting agencies will make for a more efficient, connected weather forecasting system, supporting a resilient economy and delivering benefits for everyday Kiwis...